The University Field Station (Delta Marsh), Manitoba, Canada will offer
a series of two-week undergradate courses in summer 1996. The station is
situated on the shore of Lake Manitoba adjacent to Delta Marsh, one of
the largest freshwater wetlands in North America.
Courses:
Waterfowl ecology and management
Vascular flora of Manitoba
Community ecology
Diatom identification
Ornithology
Wetland ecology
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WATERFOWL ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Dates: May 6 - 18, 1996
Instructors: Dr. Rick Baydack, Natural Resources Institute, University
of Manitoba, and Dr. Frank Rohwer, Delta Waterfowl and Wetland Research
Station
Jointly offered by the University of Manitoba Field Station (Delta
Marsh) and the Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Station, the
courses deals with a wide range of topics: identification and
classification of waterfowl, distribution and movement patterns,
population dynamics, habitat needs and limiting factors, reproduction
and mortality factors, conservation and management techniques, banding
analysis, jurisdictional authority, and marsh and land management
programs. A variety of teaching/teaching methods will be used, including
field work, site visits, lectures, labs, seminars and library research
assignments. Guest speakers will be invited to present seminars on
selected topics. Students will demonstrate their comprehension through
class participation, written assignments and examinations. Course work
is scheduled each day including weekends.
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VASCULAR FLORA OF MANITOBA
Dates: June 16 - 29, 1996
Instructors: Dr. Bruce Ford and Dr. David Punter, Department of Botany,
University of Manitoba
A survey of the vascular plants of Manitoba, emphasizing identification,
nomenclature and classification, and including brief accounts of the
distribution and post-glacial history of the main floristic associations
within Manitoba. Students must submit a collection of at least 20
different vascular plants identified to species.
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COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
Dates: June 30 - July 13, 1996
Instructor: Dr. Norm Kenkel, Department of Botany, University of
Manitoba
Lectures and laboratories emphasizing the structure and function of
terrestrial biotic communities with emphasis on selected Manitoba
situations.
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DIATOM IDENTIFICATION
Dates: July 14 - 27, 1996
Instructor: Dr. Charles W. Reimer, Diatom Herbarium, Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia
The course will provide an introduction to the identification and
ecology of freshwater diatoms. Samples will be collected from
representative areas around the Field Station and prepared for
microscopic examination. Techniques used in diatom identification will
be applied. Registrants should have some biology in their background.
This course is open to university students as well as to non-students
for whom diatom identification is a desirable technical skill.
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ORNITHOLOGY
Dates: July 28 - August 10, 1996
Instructor: Dr. Spencer Sealy, Department of Zoology, University of
Manitoba
This course examines the biology of birds, including such topics as:
morphology, systematics, evolution, life histories and breeding biology,
ecology, migration, and distribution of birds. The first week of this
course will take place at the University of Manitoba campus. The second
week will take place at the Field Station.
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WETLAND ECOLOGY
Dates: August 4 - 17, 1996
Coordinator: Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, Department of Botany, University
of Manitoba
This course is a study of the structure and function of a prairie
lakeshore marsh ecosystem, including lectures and field exercises on
macrophyte, algal, invertebrate, and vertebrate associations.
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Further information, including tuition and accommodation fees, is
available as follows:
WORLD WIDE WEB:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/delta_marsh/ufshome.html
COURSE INFORMATION:
Dr. Gordon Robinson
Director, University Field Station (Delta Marsh)
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-9897
Fax: (204) 275-3147
E-mail: ggrobin at umanitoba.ca
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
University Field Station (Delta Marsh)
230 Machray Hall
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 2N2
(204) 474-9297
Fax: (204) 275-3147
E-mail: pgutoski at bldgwall.lan1.umanitoba.ca